Design minimizes sagittal coma. Even illumination across the frame. Capable of a very shallow depth of field.

Not that sharp at wider apertures. Some barrel distortion. No optical stabilization. Expensive

The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G ($1,699.95) is a modern update on the classic Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 manual focus lens. Like the older lens, it's designed with a specialized purpose in mind: to minimize sagittal coma (illustrated below). That's importan...

high image quality in the frame centre from f/2.8, very good control of the lateral chromatic aberration, not bothersome distortion, very good coma correction in the corners of APSC/DX, nice blur images, moderate vignetting, sensible work against bright l...

too much plastics in the casing for a topoftherange 50 mm device which is supposed to be a successor of the NoctNikkor, weak image quality in the frame centre near the maximum relative aperture, very weak image quality on the edge of the frame, longitudin...

A bit strange successor it is as the difference in aperture fastness is really conspicuous. Still there are some that claim that currently, with so high and still useful ISO values available in reflex cameras, the difference between f/1.4 and f/1.2 can be...

Good to very good performance across a highresolution fullframe sensor, Little light falloff for an f1.4 lens, Quiet and reliable AF operation, Weather sealing at the lensmount

Longitudinal CA can be outright nasty, High price, Some nervousness in an otherwise "fat" Bokeh.

The Nikkor 58mm f1.4G lens fills the last gap in Nikon's line-up of professional grade f1.4 aperture primes that up-to now came in 24mm, 35mm, and 85mm focal lengths. What about the 50mm f1.4G I hear you cry? That earlier model, while certainly good, does...

Following the lens recommendations for Nikon D7100 and entry-level D3200, we've now turned our attention to the new mid-range D5300. We've tested the camera with more than 140 Nikkor and third-party prime and zoom models to assess image quality. Read onto...

The AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G was announced in October 2013, and designed primarily as a premium 'normal' prime for FX format SLRs. By 'premium' we mean, of course, expensive - the most immediately striking feature about the lens is its $1700 / £1600 price ...

Following on from the lens recommendations for the earlier full-frame Nikon D600, we've now had the opportunity to assess a wide range lenses with that model's replacement, the 24-Mpix D610. We've analyzed a total of 95 Nikkor and third-party prime and zo...

Nikon's manual focus ultrafast Noct-Nikkor was in production for 20 years and was removed from the line-up two years before the introduction of the APS-C Nikon D1 in 1999. While this high-grade model eschews the f/1.2 maximum aperture of the original, it...

Announced in October 2013, the AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G lens is one of a series of primes with maximum apertures of f/1.4, which includes two lenses with 50mm and two with 35mm focal lengths. This lens is seen by Nikon as the 'spiritual' successor to the classic ...

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